In fact, when the team won the provincial championship and got tickets for the North-South Divisional Tournament, the players had thought about what would happen to the North-South Divisional Tournament.
Of course, they also thought about the national championship.
But they just dared to think about it, just as an illusion, unrealistic, impossible to achieve, and forget it.
But when Qin Hao said his goal, or his ambition, said he was going to compete for the national championship, the heartstrings of many players in Yuyang Seventh Middle School were stirred.
It's like seeds germinating and weeds growing, which can no longer be contained.
Who doesn't want to be a national championship?
"It's a good one to make the impossible possible." Guo Kai said loudly: "Qin Hao is right. Since we have already entered the North-South Divisional match, why bother to belittle ourselves? We just have to move forward. The result may be unpredictable. But dreams still have to be there, don't they?"
"Yes, dreams are still necessary." Yuan Xiaogang also said: "And it might as well be bigger. I think the national championship is very good, big enough."
Just now Guo Kai and Yuan Xiaogang were still discussing. Both of them were worried that Qin Hao, Jiang Feng, and Wang Lei would be poached away.
If so, this year is their last chance to hit their dreams.
That being the case, the bigger the dream is, the better, because this is the last chance to give it a go. What else is there to hesitate?
In a word, it's over!
"Made, isn't it the national championship? Fight!"
"Anything is possible, we are the champions of Southern Province, we are afraid of a goal!"
"The world is as big as the heart is. If the toad can't even think about it, how can it be possible to eat swan meat?"
"Go away, you are the toad..."
When Qin Hao, Guo Kai, and Yuan Xiaogang expressed their views successively, other people did not suppress their inner desires, the weeds were drawn and the seeds grew.
When you are young and want to fly, you should go chasing your dreams!
"Okay." Jiang Fangping yelled and laughed: "Young people should have the enthusiasm and ambition of young people, isn't it just the national championship? Others can fight for it, so can we. Boys, starting today , Our goal is-the national championship."
"National Championship!"
"Yuyang Seventh Middle School, we must win!"
The crowd roared, and the momentum was like a rainbow.
...
The training of Yuyang Seventh Middle School became more and more tense as it approached the north-south divisional competition.
Two days ago, the results of the divisional draw for the North and South Division were announced.
The regional competition is divided into two regions, the north and the south. The north includes the provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Jin, Liao, Ji, Hei, Shandong, and Qin. There are a total of nine provincial championship teams.
There are also nine championship teams in the Southern District, namely Shanghai, Southern Province, Zhejiang Province, Hunan Province, Hubei Province, Guangdong Province, Fujian Province, Sichuan Province, and Chongqing City.
In addition to the nine teams in the North and South Districts, last year's National High School Basketball League Championship Beijing No. 9 Middle School and the Xiangjiang Special Administrative Region Team (referred to as the Xiangjiang Team), the two teams automatically enter the North and South Divisional competitions, respectively by drawing lots. Incorporated into the North and South District.
As a result, there are ten teams in each of the north and south divisions. These ten teams will be divided into two groups, each with 5 teams, and the first round of group single round-robin matches.
The group single round-robin competition is ranked by points. The top 2 teams in each group will qualify for the group and enter the division semi-finals, and then cross-eliminate, and the winner enters the division finals.
The winner of the divisional finals, that is, the division champion, will be eligible to enter the national finals. The national finals are a series of three games, with two wins in three games.
The ultimate winner is the national championship.
Yuyang Seventh Middle School was placed in Group B in the Southern District. In addition to Yuyang Seventh Middle School, this group also includes four championship teams from Guangdong Province, Fujian Province, Hunan Province, and Xiangjiang.
Group A in the Southern District includes Shanghai, Jiangsu Province, Chongqing City, Zhejiang Province, and Hubei Province.
Therefore, Yuyang Seventh Middle School will compete with the four teams from Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, and Xiangjiang in the group stage. One point is awarded for winning and zero points for failure. The points are ranked and the final points are ranked in the group. The top two can get the right to qualify for the group and advance to the next round.
After the results came out, Jiang Fangping tried to find a way to understand the situation of his opponents. The four opponents in Group B were all very strong, and the players in Yuyang Seventh Middle School felt tremendous pressure.
On the court.
A match is going on and the players are running.
"Ball." Jiang Feng came to the front court and stretched out his hand for the ball. His injury problem is not serious, and he is basically fine with the swelling. He has returned to the team and started training.
When his teammate passed the ball, Jiang Feng made a tentative step, and then abruptly pulled it out. It was very abrupt. Wang Chengyu, who was defending him, had no time to jump up, so he could only raise his hand to interfere as much as possible.
Huh!
However, the ball was still scored.
Wang Chengyu shook his head and came to the front court. After passing the ball a few times, the ball was given to him. His chances were not good. He chose to pass the ball. But just as soon as he passed out a figure, he shot out and swept the basketball. Give it off, and then quickly launch a fast break.
"It's over." Wang Chengyu took a look and didn't even chase after him.
That was Qin Hao, who couldn't catch up.
Qin Hao ran away from everyone. After reaching the front court, he stepped into the free throw line and flew up, as if he had gotten rid of gravity, grabbed the basketball with one hand and dunked towards the hoop.
"Boom...!"
There was an explosion, and the basket shook, as if groaning.
This dunk caused the players to slap their tongues. Qin Hao's height has grown to 1.85 meters, but he is not very high compared to other people. He is less than 1.90 meters, but his bounce is too good. The dunk is too easy for him. There is no difficulty at all, the difference is only if it is with force or not.
Qin Hao, Jiang Feng, and Wang Lei were all assigned to the red team. Now the red team is leading the way. Several players on the black team gritted their teeth and launched a counterattack.
Wang Chengyu ran back, caught the screen of his teammates and threw off the defense, and when he came to the three-point line, he took the outside ball and made a hollow shot.
"Yeah." Wang Chengyu growled excitedly.
But when he turned around, Qin Hao came to the front court and saw that Zhao Xuebing didn't pounce on the first time. He simply shot a three-pointer and made the same shot through the basketball hole through the net.
On the sidelines, Jiang Fangping nodded secretly and said to Jiang Xue: "Have you noticed that since the provincial finals, Qin Hao's three-pointers seem to be more accurate than before."
"Really?" Jiang Xue thought about it seriously and nodded: "It seems like this, but his other techniques have also improved a lot."
"Yes." Jiang Fangping nodded and was pleased. Qin Hao has been improving, and the speed of improvement is extremely fast, not only in three-pointers, but also in other areas.
In fact, Qin Hao is not alone, Jiang Feng, Wang Lei, Guo Kai, Yuan Xiaogang, Wang Chengyu, Lei Yuchuan, Zhao Xuebing and others are also making progress.
It's just that Qin Hao's progress is too fast, compared to other people's progress is not so obvious.
Looking at these energetic young people, Jiang Fangping is in a good mood. The day after tomorrow is the group stage of the North-South Divisional Tournament. Opponents, we are here in Yuyang Seventh Middle School!